Wine Chat: Give Chardonnay a chance

National Chardonnay Day was held recently and to mark it, our wine critics will discuss the wine that fell out of favour in recent years and why it might be worth another try. Dismissed as to heavy and too oaky by the ABC club (that’s Anything But Chardonnay), many wine enthusiasts are giving Chardonnay a second chance. Our wine critics will help you see past the fads and discover some of the very best Chardonnay labels on the market today.

On our regular panel of wine experts: Gurvinder Bhatia (@EdmontonWineGuy) is the owner of Vinomania, a wine consultant to more than 100 hotels and restaurants and an international wine judge and published wine writer. James Nevison (@HADAGLASS) is the co-founder of HALFAGLASS, a boutique wine consultancy in Vancouver, and has co-authored several best-selling books about wine. Michael Godel (@mgodello) is a Toronto-based chef who consults to restaurants and wine collectors and blogs about wine for canada.com, Rod Phillips (@rodphillipswine) is a professor who teaches about the history of food and drink, has written books about wine and regularly contributes to wine magazines in North America and Europe and Janet Dorozynski (@WineTrackMind) is a principal critic and partner in WineAlign.com and is the Government of Canada’s chief wine guru, responsible for managing an all-Canadian cellar and overseeing a program to assist Canadian embassies to serve and promote Canadian wine, beer and spirits.

Our wine experts will be standing by to answer your questions and tell you about great wine finds and exceptional deals in our weekly wine chat. Join the discussion, Thursday at 2 p.m. ET.